[Elecraft] k2 earphone jack

[drewko1 at verizon.net]

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:01:20 -0500 (EST), AI4TO wrote:

>Comrades,
>The speaker switch in the earphone jack on my k2 has quit.  Has anyone  found 
>a stouter replacement for J2?
> 
>73  AI4TO   John Ferguson M/V  Arcadian
>

One solution is to wire in a speaker/headphone toggle switch when you
replace the jack; then leave the headphones plugged in all the time.
That will eliminate wear on the jack. (It's also lot more convenient
if you do a lot of plugging and unplugging of the headphones.) I
mounted the switch on the rear panel, below the speaker jack. I posted
a detailed article about this some months ago. 

73,
Drew
AF2Z